Education-Notes. com: An independent point of view on . . . I found this link on the Weekly update from The Great Lakes Center - which is a minefield of ed deform and very highly funded by Betsy DeVos But I always find interesting stuff in it and here is one worth sharing as it faults Bush, Obama, Gates, etc - now the propaganda arm puts the fault at leftists when in fact it was the left that resisted the most -- see Susan Ohanian and George Schmidt

Port Manteaux Word Maker - OneLookPort Manteaux churns out silly new words when you feed it an idea or two Enter a word (or two) above and you'll get back a bunch of portmanteaux created by jamming together words that are conceptually related to your inputs For example, enter "giraffe" and you'll get back words like "gazellephant" and "gorilldebeest"

The Power Hour NewsU S -led forces appear to be using white phosphorus in populated areas in Iraq and Syria Washington Post - The U S -led coalition in Iraq and Syria appears to have used white phosphorus-loaded munitions on at least two occasions in densely populated areas of Mosul and in the Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqa, according to videos posted online and human rights groups